Safe-lock



W. J. B. HARRIS.

SAFE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 19I8.

1,337,554, Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I- 67 William JBHarris.

W. J. B. HARRIS.

SAFE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1918.

Patented Apr: 29, 1925)., 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Snow/bio: William JB. Harris.

@M'oammgo f6. HARRIS, GE BG'NHAIE, TEXAS.

SAFE-LOCK.

To all "unto/2:, it may concern l e it known that l, ll innnmi J llamas, a citizen of the 't l States resitiing at lilonham Fannin county, and State of To as. have invented and discovered certain new an useful Improvements in Ears-Leone. oi-

vl ii the fol ow" is a specifi My said invention relates to s" nd oi I chi means for 3058 to Another object of t 1e in ention is to place cer in of the s tti-i Lei ices on the door and others on the would not ordinarily be s iar with its operation.

Referring to accompanying d which are made a part hereof and on which under reference cirr cters designate simparts in the 'lG'WS shown:

Figure l s a pe we View a safe having a locking constructed in accordance with my 1; yention,

. n a section on his inn a.

' 1 showing the door locked,

. 8, a detail section on the line 3213 of and a detail perspective of the rotatable A: 7 y block to swing- 1 arries series These bolts oesignat flllii lo arranged in vertical n it, while all other bolts for horizontal movement.

connected to the bolts l 0 i l? and 18 as shown in Fig. .inaclone or the pairs of bolts 16 is pivote-c as at 19 to a connecting rod 20 which is in turn pivotally connected as at 21 to the end of a two armed lever 22 mounted for oscillation on a pin 23 secured to the door 12. The arm 2% of each of the levers 22 is slotted as at 25 to receive a pin 26 carried by the adjacent bar 17 or 18.

Pivoted at 27 to the door 12 is a lever 28 provided with two slots 29 in which operate pins 30 independently secured to the bars 17 and 18. On one end of the lever 28 is Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 239,853.

termed a toothed segment 31 which is in mesh with a pinion 32 secured on the stub sha' 3 which is operated by the knob 3d.

ounted on a stub shaft rings 3'! that are secured to t e do A circumferential roove 0'8 is ori ed in the block midway 01" its ends 2.1K transversely intersectingsaid groove 88 is a Vertical and areuate groove 89 ending from the upper edge to the lower e ,l the blocl: and is in mesh with a simpinion ll secured to a shaft 42 which s provided with an operating knob will be readily seen from the foregoing that *hen the aiety block is rotated by means of the Knob to bring the groove into with the end of the lever the sin e: is free to he rocked means oi the knob 3% and t gear and rack, which will the rod 1 to be moved up and the rod 18 to he moved down thereby rocking the levers 22 and imparting a correspondinoyement to the several bolts let. 15 and 16. y

The lever 28 is thus rocked until its end registers with the groove 38 in the safety block and said block is then given a slight turn in either direction to confine the end therein. ll hen in this position the several belts are entirely withdrawn from the open- "the casing 10 rendering this portion Y ring device unlocked. lloweyer d aryone, unfamiliar with the elements e loci: turn the knob and lower the end le lever 28 to that portion of the ""ooi e 39 which lies l elow the groove 38, the device would remain locked owing to the protruding of the bolts which are normally seated within the door proper, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

As a further means of securing the door in locked position, there is slidably mounted a bolt id in brackets 45 on the door 12. This bolt a l; passes through an opening d6 in the side of the door and is adapted to enter an opening i? in the body of the safe. The sliding motion is imparted to the bolt by means of a pinion d8 which meshes with a rack d9 formed on said bolt. The pinion on its pivot 2-; h

i8 is mounted on the end of a shaft which projects through the front of the door 12 and is provided with an operating knob 51. A disk 52 is mounted within an opening in the bolt ed and said disk has a flat portion 54 for a purpose to be explained. Said disk 52 is secured to one end of a shaft 55 that projects through the front of the door 12 and has mounted thereon an operating knob 56 (see Fig. 1) and is arranged so as to bring its curved edge portion 53 into either of the depressions 57 or 58 formed in the bolt, thereby securing the same. when it is in either locked or unlocked position. lVhen it is desired to move the bolt, the disk 52 is rotated to bzing the flat portion 5% adjacent the depressions 5'7 and 58 thereby re,- leasing the bolt for movement.

Additional means to that just described are provided for securing the belt at when in locked position said means consists of a pair of pivoted hooks 59 and G0 which engage within notches 61 and 62 formed in the upper and lower surfaces the bolt ii at the end thereof. Both hooks are spring pressed to normally hold them in engagement with the notches and are also flexibly connected with operating rods 63 and 64: which are provided with knobs or handles 65'and 66 respectively. The rods 63 and 6 are provided with upstanding lugs 6"? and 68 respectively which are adapted to pass through notches 69 and 'l't formed in a pair of locking disks Tl. and 72 when the notches are turned to be in line with the path of movement of the lugs. 'lhe disks 71 and 72 are secured to stub shafts T and M which pass through the side casing of the and are provided ith operating handles 75 and 76 respectively. A ratchet wheel on each of the shafts and T l is. acted upon by a spring pawl for holding the shaft and its disk in different positions. In the operation of this last mentioned portion of the device, in order b0 unlock the bolt 14;, i is necessary to just aline the notches t9 and with their respective lugs 67 and 68 and then push on the knob 65 and pull on the knob 66.

it is to be understood that those skilled in the art to which this invention pertains may change the proportions and minor details without departing from the spirit of the invention; also. that the portions desig nated 43, 56, and 76 in the drawings may be made in the form of any suitable combination lock instead of the simple structure shown in the drawings.

Having thus fully described my said ineach group having their extremities r ted through the perforations and normally substantially flush with the edge of r door, and connectec. means adapted to slide the bolts of each pair longitudinally one into one of the soclrots and the other within the door structure.

"Elie combii'iation with a door having a plurality of pairs of perforations in one edge, of a frame having sockets registering with the perforations, a pair. of bolts for each pair of perforations having their e:r

emities i; so ted through such perforal bil tions and norm .5 suhstantiall flush with the edge'of no door, and a plurality of connected walking beams within the door structure between and adapted to slide the bolts one of the bolts of each pair into one of the sockets and the other within the door structure.

The combination with a door having adjacent perforations in its opposite edge of frame having sockets registering with the perforations, bars extending entirely across the door in general parallelism with bolts carried upon the extremities of the bar and slidable within the sockets, and a beam within the door structure 7 to slide the bars simu taneously and opp 1 bar entering one of the sockets, the

sliding within the door structure. The combination with a door having perforations in its opposite edges ars extending entirely across the door ral parallelism, one of said bars heprovided with spaced reentrant'anglcs, g beam pivoted between the bars move the bars simultanedirections, a segment carbeam having extremities 'ly engage within one of 7 es determined by the lon uu nal position of the bar and bolts sot tness whereof I have hereunto my lacat Bonham, Texas, this 8th day of dune, A. l). nineteen hundred and eighteen.

WILLIAM J. B. HARRIS. [n s] lVitnesses i C. A. W'HEELER, EULA MULLINS.

osite directions, one of the bolts of 

